Moistening device for cigar-banding machines



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BY his AT F X MALOCSAY MOISTENING DEVICE FOR CIGAR BANDING MACHINES w lltllllllllllllllvlllla Dec. 27, 1927.

Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

UNITEDASTATES PATENT oF ica.

FRANCIS X. MALOCSAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T INTERNATIONAL SANDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed December 22, 1920. Serial n 432,410.

The object of this invention is to provde a device to be attached to, or to form part of, a machine for applying bands to cigars, which will effectively and positively moisten thergum on one end of each cigar band so that when the band folding mechanism folds the band about a cigar the gummed endof the band will adhere securely to the ungummed end and the band will thus be held securelyabout the cigar.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device for moistening the gummed end of a cigar band which will be so arranged that it will continuously provide a moistening member having the same degree ofmoisture whereby the bands areall uniformly moistened.

W'ith these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, in View, I

2" have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. i

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved moistening device, parts being shown in section, 1 7

Figure 2 is avertical sectional View of the reciprocating moistenerrhead,

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the moisture regulating arm and attendant parts,

Figure4 is a front elevation of the-moisture regulating mechanism, and

Figureb is a plan view, partly in section, of the mechanism for shifting the position of the moisture regulating arm.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate' similar parts.

closed in the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates a'support or table forming a partof the banding'machine. At 2 is disclosed an opening in the table'through which the moistener head 3 is adapted to be reciprocated.

The head 3 is'secured at the upper end of a slide 4 as by screws 5 and said slide, withthe attached head 3, is reciprocated in a guide 6 which has its end 7 adjustable in a groove 8 in the table 1. A set-screw 9 is provided to position the bracket so that the moistener head'3 will be in proper po-' sition to contact with the moistened end 10 In the embodiment ofmy invention as disadapted to co-operate with said roller in holding the tape 12 taut over the saddle 13, is a spring pressed finger 15. This finger is caused to resiliently bear against the tape by means of a spring 16.

The reciprocating moistener head 3 which carries the moistening tape 12 as above'set forth is reciprocated by means of a cam 17, fixed on a shaft 18 on any suitable part of the machine and driven in any suitable manner.

A roller 19 rides in a groove in the cam and this roller 19 is mounted on the end of an arm 20 forming part of a bellc'rank lever 21 which is pivoted at 22 to the frame of the machine and has its other arm 23 attached to a pin 24. The pin 24 extends into a slot in the end of a plate fixed to the slide 4 adjacent its lowerend. It will be obvious from the foregoing that the cam 17 actuates the bellcrank lever 21 to cause the same to vertically reciprocate the moistener head 3 V in its guide 6.

At 26 is a plate secured on the machine below the head 3. This plate is provided with a guide 27 through which slides a link 28 having a slotted end 29. Connected at its otherend is an arm 30 of a bell crank lever which has its other arm 31 provided with a roller 32 which rides against a cam 33 driven in any-suitable manner. At 34 is a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on a stud 35 on the plate 26. This bell-crank lever 34 is provided with three arms, 36, 37 and 38.

The arm 38 is connected at its end to the link 28 and through the medium of the link 28 the bell crank 34 is oscillated. A spring 39 connects the end of the arm 36 to the plate 26. This spring tends to hold the clamping arm 37 in position to clamp the tape as will be hereinafter set forth. The arm 37 is provided with a clamping head which co-operates with :a block 41 secured on the plate 26. r

It will be seen that the tape 12 extends downward from the moistening head 3 and passes between the clamping block 41 and the head 40. The tape 12 is intermittently clamped between the block 41 and head as will be described.

Mounted on the machine below the plate 26 is a water tank 42 in which is mounted a tensioning device for absorbing slack in the tape. This device is as follows An. arm 43 pivoted at 44. A spring 44 engages said arm and tends to swing the arm downwardly in the tank. Mounted on the end of said arm is a roller 45 and the tape 12 passes over said roller and extends upwardly. In this manner any slack in the tape will be taken up.

At 46 is a roller mounted on the plate 26. An arm 47 is pivoted at 48 on the plate and the end of said arm is provided with a roller 49 which co-operates with the roller 46 to remove surplus liquid carried upward by the tape 12 on its movementfrom the tank 42.

In order to regulate the pressure of the roller 49 against the roller 46 and conse quently regulate the amount of liquid in the tape, Iprovide a regulating device consist mg of an eccentric 5O fixed on a shaft 51, situated adjacent to the arm 47. Fixed onthe shaft 51 is a handle 52 by means of which the shaft and eccentric 50 fixed thereon are rotated. To hold the eccentric in any desired position I provide a spring finger 53 secured on the handle 52 by a screw 54. The spring finger is provided at its end with a stud 55 which is adapted to be placed into I any one of a plurality of perforations 55 in a segmental plate 56. This segmental plate 56 is supported in any suitable manner by the frame or other portion of the machine. and the shaft 51 can rotate freely in said plate. A finger 57 is pivoted on the water regulating arm 47 and is spring pressed by means of a spring 58 which seats ina recess 59 in the water regulating arm 47.

It will be seen that the eccentric 50 bears against the finger 57 and through the medium of this finger the water regulating arm 47 is forced inwardly with resilient pressure causing its roller 49 to resiliently bear against the roller 46 with: suficient pressure to remove surplus water from the tape. By rotating the eccentric 50 through the medium of the handle 52 the desired adjustment of the rollers 46 and 49 with respect to one another can be obtained. The adjustment can be maintained by causing the stud 55 on the finger 58 to rest in any one of the perforations 55 that is necessary to secure proper adjustment of the rollers.

From the foregoing, the operation of my improved moistening device will be readily understood. The cigar bands 11 are carried upon a conveyor 60 of any suitable type. The band is held upon the conveyor by suction means and is carried by the conveyor until it reaches a position with its gummed end directly above the saddle 13 on the moistenin-g head and directly below a cushion.

member 61 which is supported in a bracket 62. When the band reaches this point the moistener head moves upwardly and. contacts with the gummed cndofthe band 11, thus moistening the gum therein. At this point the mechanism is the position shown in Figure 1. The moistener head then descends and as it descends the tape clamp,

comprising the clamping members 37 and 41,

is opened through the medium of the cam 33. The lever 43 is under continuous downward pressure by the spring 44, so that when slack is formed in the tape by downward movement of the moistener head, and the clamp is opened, the roller 45 on the lever 43 takes it up. The clamp: then closes and the moistener head starts upwardly. head 3 moves upwardly, the slack in the: tape, which has been taken up; below the As the clamp, is now removed "and drawn up through the rollers 46 and 49". It will thus be seen that when the moistener head 3' reaches its uppermost position (Figure l) a fresh section of tape is on the saddle13= and contacts with the gumme-d'end of the band a tensioning device, a reciprocating support.

adapted to move alternatively toward and away from said tensioning' device, an endless band extending from said. device: to said support, means engaging each line of said band to impede the free mov-emeutof the same,.and means to release said impeding means from one line of' said banduponimovement of said support towardjsaid tensioning device.

2. In a device of the character described,

a tensioning device, a reciprocatingsupport adapted to move alternatively toward and away from said tensioning device, an endless bandextending from said device to said support, means frictionally engaging'one line of said band to retard the free movement thereof, locking means engaging the otherline of said band to alternatively'prcvent,

and permit movement thereof, and means actuating said locking meansas said support moves away from said tensioning device to cause it to prevent movement of the line: of. the band engaged by said locking means.

3. In. a device of the character described, a tensionin-g device, a. reciprocating support adapted to move alternatively toward and away from said tensioning device, an ends less band extending from said device to said support, means frictionally engaging one line I of said band to retard free movement there of, locking means engaging the other line of said band to alternatively prevent and permit movement thereof, and means operating simultaneously with movement of said support toactuate said locking means.

4. In a device of the character described, an endless band, a tensioning device for said band, a movable support for said band spaced from said tensioning device, clamping means engaging a portion of said band at a point between said tensioning device and said support, friction means engaging another portion of said band at a point between said tensioning device and said support, means for causing said support to alternatively move away from and toward said tensioning device and to cause said clamp to grip said band when said support moves away from and to release said band when said support moves toward said tensioning device, whereby said band is propelled intermittently around said support and said tensioning device.

5. In a device of the character described,

' an endless band, a tensioning device for said tween said tensioning device and said supband is propelled intermittently around said support and said tensioning device.

6. A device of the class described comprising a tape, a support over which said tape is fed, means for supplying liquid to said tape, and liquid regulating means comprising a pair of rollers through which said tape is moved, an arm supporting one of said rollers, a finger carried by said arm, a spring extending between said arm and finger and means for adjusting the tension of said spring.

7. A device of the class described comprising a liquid-holding tank, a spring-pressed arm mounted therein, a roller on said arm, a tape movable over said roller, a clamp for intermittently engaging said tape, a reciprocating tape-carrying member and means for causing the clamp to release the tape on downward movement-of the tape-carrying member.

Signed at the city, county and State of 'New York this 13th day of December, 1920.

FRANCIS X. MALOCSAY. 

